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This Week In Pictures: Sept. 14 - 20, 2013

Riot police stand in front of fireworks thrown by demonstrators during a protest outside the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 19, 2013. Since early this month, riot police have regularly confronted hundreds of university students protesting a project to build a road across part of the campus.

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Riot police stand in front of fireworks thrown by demonstrators during a protest outside the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 19, 2013. Since early this month, riot police have regularly confronted hundreds of university students protesting a project to build a road across part of the campus.

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Lotus F1 Formula One driver Romain Grosjean, of France, drives during the second practice session of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore, Sept. 20, 2013.

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A woman becomes emotional near the scene of a shooting at Cornell Square Park in Chicago's Back of the Yard neighborhood that left multiple victims, including a 3-year-old boy, Sept. 19, 2013. The attack was the latest violence in a city that has struggled to stop such shootings by increasing police patrols.

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A rebel fighter ducks as he runs behind a barricade to avoid being fired upon by Syrian regime forces in the Old City's front line in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 18, 2013.

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Greek state hospital workers chant slogans during a protest outside the health ministry in central Athens, Sept. 19, 2013. Hundreds of state health workers took part in the rally during the second day of a nationwide strike against planned job cuts at the public sector.

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An airliner approaching Los Angeles International Airport crosses the moon as seen from Monterey Park Calif., Sept 18, 2013. The Harvest Moon is the full moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Horsemen guide bulls to the village of Tordesillas, hours before the "Toro de la Vega" festival in Tordesillas, Spain, Sept. 17, 2013. "Toro de la Vega" is one of the oldest festivals in Spain, in which a bull is slaughtered to honor the patron saint of Tordesillas.

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San Diego Padres' catcher Nick Hundley tags out Pittsburgh Pirates' Marlon Byrd at home plate in the third inning of a game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Sept. 17, 2013.

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Contestants in the Muslimah World pageant take part in a rehearsal for the grand final of the contest in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 18, 2013. The beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women is contrasted by the Miss World pageant, taking place in Bali, which has drawn criticism from Islamists who say the contest violates their religion. Bali is Indonesia's only Hindu-majority island.

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Tents cover Mount Wugongshan during the 2013 International Camping Festival in Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, China, Sept. 15, 2013. The event, which opened on Sept. 14, attracted more than 15,000 campers from all over the world, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

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A small boat steers past the damaged side of the Costa Concordia on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Sept. 18, 2013. The crippled cruise ship was pulled completely upright after a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year.

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Farmers rush to harvest crops in the Karo district as an ash cloud rises during a fresh eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano, Sept. 17, 2013, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

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People shout support for Ji Zhongxing who is on trial for setting off an explosion two months ago at Beijing's airport, outside a courthouse in Beijing, China, Sept. 17, 2013. The explosion, which only injured Ji himself, drew wide condemnation but also sympathy from many who saw his act as a sign that the country does not address increasingly marginalized members of its society.

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Portable buildings float together during flooding in a town in Weld County, Colo., Sept. 17, 2013. Search-and-rescue teams bolstered by National Guard troops fanned out across Colorado's flood-stricken landscape, as a week of torrential rains blamed for eight deaths and the destruction of at least 1,600 homes finally gave way to sunny skies.

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Protesters representing the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrate at Zuccotti Park near the New York Stock Exchange, Sept. 17, 2013, in New York. It has been two years since protesters first pitched tents in lower Manhattan, sparking the movement known as Occupy Wall Street.

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A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard in front of the Capitol during the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Sept. 16, 2013.

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Supporters of the Christian Democratic Union hold umbrellas in front of a giant portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an election campaign event in front of the party's headquarter in Berlin, Sept. 16, 2013.

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A Theyyam dancer gets ready for Onam Celebrations at Kerala Bhawan in New Delhi, India, Sept. 16, 2013. Theyyam or Theyyattam is popular folk dance performed in the North Malabar region of Kerala.

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Model Lily Cole performs a dance before the Vivienne Westwood show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014, in London, Sept. 15, 2013.

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Villagers known as "Badjao" seek temporary shelter on their boats at a pier as they flee fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels during sunset, Sept. 14, 2013, in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines. The standoff began when about 200 fighters from a Moro National Liberation Front rebel faction stormed several coastal communities in the city and seized residents.

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A woman carrying a photo of former President Hosni Mubarak chants slogans against ousted President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood as she expresses her support for Mubarak outside a court in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 14, 2013. Mubarak was back in court as his trial resumed on charges related to the killings of some 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.

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Cavalrymen ride horses through colored smoke as they practice at the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands, Sept. 16, 2013. Some eighty members of the Dutch cavalry practiced for any possible emergency during the Prinsjesdag ceremony, which marks the opening of the Dutch parliament.